RKLB - Rocket Lab USA, Inc.
Rocket Lab stock (NASDAQ: RKLB) is under pressure, Neutron's inaugural launch window is narrowing and NASA has handed a major Mars communications contract to Blue Origin. Yet Cathie Wood's ARK Investment Management is buying.
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NEW YORK & NEW ORLEANS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Former Attorney General of Louisiana Charles C. Foti, Jr., Esq. and the law firm of Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC (“KSF”) are investigating the proposed sale of Iridium Communications Inc. (NasdaqGS: IRDM) to Rocket Lab Corporation (NasdaqGS: RKLB). Under the terms of the proposed transaction, shareholders of Iridium will receive $27.00 in cash and a number of shares of Rocket Lab common stock calculated pursuant to an exchange ratio for each share of Iridiu.
RKLB broadens its space system role with spacecraft components spanning reaction wheels, radios, solar solutions and optical systems.
Rocket Lab's stock has shed more than half its value from its peak while analysts pile on buy ratings and one major bank sees the price doubling.
Space stocks have been on a wild ride this year. Many, if not all, rose by 50% to 100% at the peak, if not more, only to fall back to earth once the SpaceX NASDAQ: SPCX IPO was completed.
Cathie Wood has been buying more shares of Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (NASDAQ:SPCX). The investment is appreciating (SPCX climbed over 30% this past month).
The executive sold 15,051 shares for a total transaction value of ~$1.0 million at $69.63 per share. The transaction size represented 3% of the direct equity holdings held prior to the filing.
Chief Operations Officer Frank Klein sold 35,558 shares at $66.61 per share, totaling ~$2.4 million. The transaction involved shares equal to 4% of the executive's total equity stake held before the filing.
Rocket Lab can launch smaller satellites, and it is developing a rocket capable of much larger payloads. Canadian telecom Kepler, in fact, has contracted Rocket Lab to handle its next satellite deployment flight.
Regulatory friction at the Federal Communications Commission is turning a merger question into a share-price story, with SpaceX challenging Iridium Communications (NASDAQ:IRDM | IRDM Price Prediction) conduct as the agency reviews Rocket Lab's (NASDAQ:RKLB) pending $8 billion takeover.
Rocket Lab Corporation (RKLB) appears to have found support after losing some value lately, as indicated by the formation of a hammer chart. In addition to this technical chart pattern, strong agreement among Wall Street analysts in revising earnings estimates higher enhances the stock's potential for a turnaround in the near term.
Rocket Lab has proven its smaller LEO space launch vehicle is reliable. However, its bigger one, built for heavier payloads, has suffered developmental delays.
Rocket Lab launched its first HASTE flight three years ago. These suborbital flights are helping the Pentagon solve a major testing bottleneck.
Non-discretionary sale executed under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan to cover tax withholding on vesting RSUs. Klein retains 961,295 shares valued at $65.64 million.
SpaceX plans to put Nvidia's Vera Rubin platform in orbit in 2027, moving space data centers from theory toward deployment.
CFO Adam Spice disposed of 9,677 shares at a weighted-average price of $69.63, resulting in a transaction value of ~$674,000. The transaction involved shares equal to 0.68% of the executive's equity stake held prior to the filing.
Rocket Lab recently reported record revenue and has tripled its launch cadence over the last four-and-a-half years. It also trades at a high valuation and had to push back the first Neutron launch.
Rocket Lab Corporation delivered record Q2 revenue, backlog, and gross margin, reinforcing my Strong Buy rating despite market focus on Neutron delays. RKLB's defense business is scaling independently, with $456 million in suborbital contracts that do not require Neutron and demonstrate competitive wins over legacy contractors. The backlog reached $2.4 billion, with 45.5% expected to convert within a year; management guides for another record Q3 and signals margin variability due to contract mix.
Rocket Lab has $2.4 billion in launch backlogs, and its upcoming Neutron rocket could be a big step forward. Much-larger rival SpaceX accelerated its capex spending by 554% to $18 billion in the second quarter.